Elevator Operator Courtney Barnett
Oliver Paul, twenty years old
[A5]Thick head of hair, worries he's going bald
[E] Wakes up at quarter past nine
[A5]Fair evades his way down the 96 tram line
[E]Breakfast on the run again, he's well aware
He's [A5]dropping soy linseed Vegemite crumbs every[E]where[A5] [E] [A5]
[E] Feeling sick at the sight of his computer
He [A5]dodges his way through the Swanston commuters
[E]Rips off his tie, hands it to a homeless man
[A]Sleeping in the corner of a metro bus stand and he s[E]creams
"I'm not going to work today
Going to c[A5]ount the minutes that the trains run late
[E] Sit on the grass building pyramids out of Coke cans"[A5] [E] [E/F#] [E7/G] [A5]
[E]Headphone wielding to the Nicholas building
He [A5]trips on a pothole that's not been filled in
He[E] waits for an elevator, one to nine
A [A5]lady walks in and waits by his side
Her[E] heels are high and her bag is snakeskin
[A5]Hair pulled so tight you can see her skeleton
[E]Vickers perfume on her breath
A [A5]tortoise shell necklace between her breasts
She looks him[E] up and down with a botox frown
He's [A5]well used to that look by now
The [E]elevator[E/F#] dings and they [E7/G]awkwardly s[A5]tep in
Their [E]fingers [E/F#]touch on the [E7/G]rooftop [A5]button
Don't j[E]ump little boy, don't j[A5]ump off that roof
You've got your w[E]hole life ahead of you, you're s[A5]till in your youth
[E]I'd give anything to have s[A5]kin like you[E] [A5]
He said "[E]I think you're projecting the way that you're feeling
I'm [A5]not suicidal, just idling insignificantly
I c[E]ome up here for perception and clarity
I l[A5]ike to imagine I'm playing SimCity
All the p[E]eople look like [E/F#]ants from up [E7/G]here[A5]
And the w[E]ind's the only t[E/F#]raffic you can [E7/G]hear"[A5]
He said "A[E]ll I [E/F#]ever wanted[E7/G] to be[A5]
Was an e[E]levator [E/F#]operator, can [E7/G]you help me [A5]please?"
Don't j[E]ump little boy, don't j[A5]ump off that roof
You've got your w[E]hole life ahead of you, you're s[A5]till in your youth
[E]I'd give anything to have s[A5]kin like you[E] [A5]
Don't j[E]ump little boy, don't j[A5]ump off that roof
You've got your wh[E]ole life ahead of you, you're s[A5]till in your youth
[E]I'd give anything to have s[A5]kin like you[E] [A5]
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